Check Your Feet If You Are Diabetic

Hello, all. Are you a diabetic of some type? Then, check your feet, please, as a favor to yourself. You never know what is going on down there, and feet have an awful habit of not complaining, until it is too late. They carry a person for all their lives, and generally cause no worries at all, apart from getting tired and aching at times, or objecting rather mildly if one crams them into unsuitable shoes, so give them a little care, and they will be better servants. Losing them is a terrible thing, no matter what is the cause, so don't give yourself any extra reasons to be miserable.
 See a podiatrist as often as one's doctor recommends. They will help with the choosing of suitable shoes, and they do not have to look like something one's great-great grandmother would wear, or be fuzzy slippers. Nor do they have to be without style. Shoes have come a long way since those days, when no one knew what to do with diabetic feet, so it was opted for the comfortable dowdy look. There are stylish shoes available now, although they may not be sky high stilettos like Victoria Beckham thrives in. These shoes do not do any favors to anyone really, but, if that is her style, then let her have it. Me, I'd fall flat on my face, or get vertigo, but then I am five feet eight inches tall, one hundred and sixty centimeters, or thereabouts. It says so on my license.
A friend of mine, who is fashionable, and a mild diabetic, learnt the hard way about choosing good, inexpensive shoes. He had a bunion on one foot from wearing tight school shoes as a child, and he was accustomed to it being annoying when he wore any type of closed in shoe. So, when he bought some new shoes,when he first wore them, his bunion started to ache and his toes tingled, then stopped. His toes went numb, and he forgot about them, enjoying the feeling of no ache or pain for a few hours. Until he got home, that was, and he had no feeling in the foot at all, when he removed the shoe. The toes and bunion were cold, and a slight shade of blue. Despite all care that was given, he lost his full set of toes, and the foot also to amputation. As he says now, if he had taken notice as to why his bunion had stopped aching, he may have saved his foot. A simple thing, but it happens every day, unfortunately.
So, please check your feet once a day. After the shower is a good time, and not just to put polish on. I personally, prefer not to put powder on my feet before wearing shoes. I have found some brands tend to roll up and form wet lumps, even when used sparingly, and this does exert slight pressure. If one's circulation is bad to start with, this does not help. If one has a tiny cut from walking barefoot in the garden, it can easily get infected, and one not know about it. If one finds it impossible to inspect the bottom of one's feet for some reason or other, please get someone else to inspect them for one. It can save needless heartache down the track, and keep good servants happy.


You guessed it, they had lost all circulation and feeling